# DASH Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)—also known as MPEG-DASH—is an adaptive bitrate streaming technique that enables high-quality streaming of multimedia content over the Internet delivered from conventional HTTP web servers. MPEG-DASH works by breaking the content into a sequence of small HTTP segments. Each segment contains a short interval of video/audio and there are multiple different segments for each bitrate. When the content is played by a MPEG-DASH client, the client automatically selects the segment with the highest possible bitrate. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.transparentedge.eu/getting-started/faq/glosario/dash.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.